Nethili fry is deep fried marinated anchovy fish. Let me call out here that Nethili fish has lots of bones but they are thin and edible. Only thing is you need to chew well before swallowing?.  This recipe is for crispy nethili even when its not hot. The curry leaves flavor in nethili fry is added star in this recipe.

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Wash and clean the nethili fish. I got these fresh nethili from “The Fish Chain”. They were perfectly cleaned.

• Marinate them with turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder, salt, ginger paste and rice flour.
• Add egg, crushed garlic, crushed peppercorns and lemon juice and mix well. Put in finely chopped curry leaves and Let it sit for 30 min to an hour.
• Heat oil and deep fry in batches and get them out in paper towel. Serve hot with onion pieces.

  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  

  
  

Crispy, hot and spicy nethili fry ready!!

Nethili fry Recipe:

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Nethili fry

Anchovy fry

Prep Time30 mins

Cook Time15 mins

Total Time45 mins

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: Tamilnadu cuisine

Servings: 4 People

Author: Jinoo Jayakrishnan

Ingredients

• 500 Gms Anchovy/Nethili
• 1/2 Tsp Turmeric powder
• 1 Tbsp Chilli powder
• 1/2 Tbsp Coriander powder
• 3/4 Tbsp Ginger paste
• 1 Tbsp Rice flour
• 4 Cloves Garlic
• 4-5 Whole Peppercorns
• 1/2 Tsp Lemon juice
• Salt To taste
• 2 Spring Curry leaves
• 1 Large Egg

Instructions

• Wash and clean the nethili fish. Marinate them with turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder, salt, ginger paste and rice flour.
• Add crushed garlic, crushed peppercorns, egg and lemon juice and mix well. Add finely chopped curry leaves and Let it sit for 30 min to an hour.
• Heat oil and deep fry in batches and get them out in paper towel. Serve hot with onion pieces.